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She is a retired Teacher . She was married to her husband Fred Herbert until his death in October 2002.


POLITICAL CAREER

Originally a Republican , she became a socialist by the 1960s . Herbert was a frequent candidate for state office in the 1980s and 1990s under the banner of the Liberty Union Party , a Democratic Socialist and Feminist party active only in the state of Vermont . In 1996 she was the Liberty Union nominee for Governor of Vermont.

She originally entered the 2004 race as the runningmate of Eric Chester , one of Brown's leftist rivals for the Presidential nomination. Chester lost the nomination to Brown, but Herbert won the VP nomination at the SPUSA national convention. She ran on a platform on radical socialism and Socialist Feminism .

  Before Mary Cal Hollis
  Title Socialist Party Vice Presidential candidate
  Years 2004 (lost)